Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a mattress making machine operator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mattress making machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Mattress making machine operators utilise machines to form mattresses. They create pads and coverings and cut, spread and attach the padding and cover material over the innerspring assemblies.

Also known as mattress making machine worker, mattress forming machine setter, mattress factory machine worker, mattress factory machine operator, mattress making machine setter, mattress making machine operative, mattress factory operative, mattress factory worker, mattress forming machine operative.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 24 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: furniture upholsterer, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
furniture upholsterer 72% covered upholsterer 57% covered embroiderer 28% covered wooden furniture machine oper… 26% covered embroidery machine operator 24% covered mattress making machine o… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from mattress making machine operator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a mattress making machine operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A mattress making machine operator needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • install spring suspension working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • upholstery fillings engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • operate furniture machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • upholstery tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • cut textiles handling and moving
  • sew textile-based articles handling and moving
  • functionalities of machinery engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • sew pieces of fabric working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • fasten components handling and moving
  • properties of textile materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mattress making machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Mattress making machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a mattress making machine operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.